Sidney Telegraph Editorial Page Description
The Sidney Telegraph serves Cheyenne County as Western Nebraska's oldest newspaper, founded in 1873, published every Monday Wednesday and Friday by The Telegraph Printing Co. Inc. at 830 11th Ave Sidney Nebraska, and is an Associated Press associate member and Nebraska Press Association member.
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Associated Press
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Cheyenne County
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the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Llth Ave
Sidney, Nepraska
Republicans Yell Up A Hollow Tree On Wheat Program
A Nebraska delegation and other Republicans in Congress push that the Kennedy administration has not produced a 1964 wheat program. The piece argues the issue is overblown, notes farmers voted against the proposed plan, and critiques GOP and Farm Bureau positions as hollow and self serving. It questions farmer urgency and GOP messaging.
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Nebraska
Washington
American Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
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Name of Day On Ballots Sparks Call For Reform Of Ballot
The piece argues voters misuse long ballots finding familiar names and warns a Day family figure in Cleveland faced a Recorder race. It suggests making routine offices appointive to improve clarity and accountability and urges voter uprising to curb political resistance.
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WPA
Governors and the misuse of states' rights in civil rights debate
A critique condemns state leaders for misrepresenting federal authority on civil rights. It argues that invoking states' rights to dispossess constitutional protections insults intelligence, undermines the rule of law, and promotes mob rule. It calls for honesty and respect for peace and order.
Plight of Great Plains communities spurs call for action
Agricultural experts from 10 Plains states gathered in Lincoln to discuss rural problems. Dr. Wayne Rohrer warned that small farms and towns face structural decline due to higher costs and stagnant incomes, requiring university led research, relocation assistance, and retraining.
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Great Plains
Lincoln
Wayne Rohrer
Kansas State University
Rohrer
Rules Of The Road On East O Street Prompt Safer Driving
A Lincoln Star reader complains about motorists who linger in the left fast lane on East O Street. The piece argues slow drivers create hazards as traffic increases and urges sticking to posted rules like Slower Traffic Keep Right. Enforcement is difficult, so individual responsibility remains key.
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Designing safer cars through application of safety research
The piece criticizes auto makers for not embedding safety knowledge into designs. It highlights lethal steering, hard dashboards, and protruding interior hardware as crash hazards. It proposes starting with non glossy dark paint on upper dashboards to reduce windshield glare and calls for broader use of known safety design principles.
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Brutal Sport: Liston Reflects Gladiatorial Echo
The piece notes prize fighting as a brutal sport centered on battering an opponent into submission. It contrasts public desire for a well behaved champion with the reality that ring brutality defines the sport’s enduring appeal and survival of ancient gladiatorial combat.
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Sonny Liston
Absence and Revelry Mark Sidney Week
Col Jordan is away at a neighboring ranch to work on his health and intellect. A surprise party at the American house honors Beecher and his party who passed through town en route to the Pacific Coast. The narrative also notes hailstorm luck, a Deadwood lawyer visiting Sidney, and local jokes about Sidney lawyers smoking.
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Col. Jordan
Sidney
Henry Ward Beecher
Pacific Coast
Bull Beecher
Cheyenne
Deadwood
75 Years Ago Coaching Party Enjoys Springs Ride
A coaching party hosted a festive evening with a fine lunch, arriving at Springs with appetites ready for the fare. The ride back was pleasant despite rough roads and recalls the Black Hills era when stage deliveries were common. Names include Lieut. and Mrs. Bonesteel, Mrs. Lieut. Bailey, Misses Bessie Florence Yates Laura Minnie Clebourne Eubank and several Messrs. Adams Monow Paine Wittich Laing Callahan. The Twenty-first infantry band will be at Kearney during fair week. Potter band engaged for music.
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Springs
Black Hills
Sidney
Adams
Bonesteel
Lieut. Bailey
Bessie
Florence Yates
Laura
Minnie Clebourne
Eubank
Monow
Paine
Wittich
Laing
Callahan
Sam Fowler
Twenty-first Infantry
Kearney
Fair Association
Potter
Potter and Vicinity
Sidney Ball Club Benefit Dance and Local Sports Recount
A benefit dance for the Sidney Ball Club was held at the Skating Rink, well managed with first class music. The Lodgepole nine lost to Sidney 29 to 18 as Tobin and Davis starred for Sidney while Smith and Stickney pitched for Lodgepole. The column also notes sidewalks in Sidney in poor condition and hints at a future wedding. 55 years ago Annie Crawford worked Royal Neighbors activities. local residents Persinger, Remsburg, and Mack Radcliff appear in brief items amid hay fever talk and civic duties.
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Sidney Ball Club
Lodgepole A
Sidney Club
Tobin
Sidney
Lodgepole
Davis
Smith
Stickney
Shelton
Annie Crawford
Crawford
A. B. Persinger
Lloyd Remsburg
Persinger
Satan
Mack Radcliff
Brideport
Stewitts
Webster
Jumbled crossword style clues spark a puzzle list
A partial set of crossword hints covers various across and down entries. Clues range from animals and plants to objects and descriptors, with several entries clearly garbled or incomplete. The list appears as a word puzzle page fragment.
Oriental Clues and Hidden Puzzles
A word puzzle list with numbered clues and partial answers, including terms like Oriental, Uncouth, Unusual, Bib high, Hideous priest gees, and Elocution. The set mixes phrases, plant names, metals, and descriptors, requiring matching terms to each clue and assembling a coherent crossword style puzzle.
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Linknurse
Sidney World Focus as Diagnosis Affects Town
Sidney faces a wave of notable issues from faulty horse ownership to bad checks. Merchants ban cashing strangers’ checks, ranchers on Lodgepole Valley reap a bumper hay crop but lack Denver prices, and western hay markets push prices up. P W Worker opens Barker Shop clothing store in the former Sidney State Bank space with provisional fixtures awaiting stock. Barker, a veteran mercantile manager, resigns from Cheyenne County Trading Company to start his own venture.
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Sammie
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Lodgepole Valley
Denver
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
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Sidney Sate Bank
Barker
Scouts Camp Near Cheyenne And Nebraska Hospital Petition
Fourteen Sidney Scouts enjoy a week at Harry Baines Lodge near Cheyenne with transport by local autos and W. I. Robinson accompanying them. In Sidney, Henry Pavlat circulates a petition to urge Washington to approve a new Nebraska veterans hospital to serve Nebraska veterans. Hal Shubert plans Western Nebraska’s theater circuit with eastern talent for high grade stage productions, aiming to broaden western entertainment reach. Abie the original, impressed by the prospects, plans a western circuit venture after visiting Sidney contact Bud Robineau.
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Sidney
Harry Baines Lodge
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Paviat
J. W. Johnson
Wright and
Scott
W. I. Robinson
United States Veterans’ ‘Bureau
Washington
Nebraska
Henry Pavlat
Chamber of Commerce
Westernebraska
Movine Entertainment
Missouri River
Hal Shubert
Albie
Bud Robineau
Abie
Sidney improvements plan bath house shelterhouse bandshell
O J Hehnke and Wester Mathews Scottsblue architects to prepare designs for a bath house shelterhouse and a bandshell for the Sidney park improvement program funded with WPA aid sought. Impr ovements cost over 45000 dollars.
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O. J. Hehnke
Wester Matthews
Scottsblue Architerte
Sidney Pirk
County Fair Board
Feature County
Bales
Shaw
Wheat Farmer Attitude Mixed on Economic Position
Rene Maccoll of The London Daily Express visited Sidney this week for a follow up interview with George Fleming of Lorenzo to assess any changes in the western wheat farmer’s economic position since his last Nebraska trip two years ago.
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Rene Maccoll
Washington, DC
London Daily Express
Sidney
Aveek
Nebraska
District notes cover visits bids and dedications
A report cites a Monday visit with Mr. Fleming and an upcoming London paper interview. The state aeronautics board may seek bids to upgrade Sidney Municipal Airport soon as disclosed by Robert Weda. St Patrick's Parish recreation building was dedicated at Sunday ceremonies. Nebraska wheat growers flood AAA offices seeking government loans as one in six producers has applied for warehouse or farm loans on new harvest.
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Fleming
London
State Aeronautics Board
Sidney Muncipaal
Robert Weda
St Patrick’s Parish
Nebraska
AAA
Ralph Hanks
Credit Commodity Corporation
Delivery of first DC-3s to Sidney Nebraska announced
Five years ago Frontier Air Lines announced the delivery of nine Douglas DC-3 aircraft to be used on commercial service to Sidney and other Nebraska cities. C A Myhre, president, disclosed the plan yesterday as workers at Sioux Ordnance Depot received a wage increase of 7.12 percent effective August 10.
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Sidney
Nebraska
C. A. Myhre
Frontier Air Lines
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Gene Lienemann
el Rancho Road
Lienemann
Probaly
Cheyenne County
William J. McCarthy
Glen McCarthy
Frank Peter Crosby
Denice Darcell
St. Patrick's
Youth Center
Campaing
Curtis Crum
John L. Paschang
Grand Island
Sidney Telegraph Rodeo Praise Letter to Editor
Don Fedderson of El Reno Oklahoma writes to Frances Craig thanking the Sidney Telegraph for its role in the Cheyenne County Rodeo. He praises planning stock cowboys announcer clown and advertising and predicts Sidney could become a top rodeo town with local support. He signs off “So Long” until next year.
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Frances Craig
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Nebraska
Cheyenne County Committee
Don Fedderson
Reno
Oklahoma
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